Flock



Nov. 17, 1953 c, SUMMERS Re 23,741

PROCESS OF PRODUCING FLOCKED DESIGNS Original Filed April 9, 1949ADHESIVE I 2 M pmmmmmuw WWW! I f F|G 3 BACKING BACK lNG MATERIALMATERIAL 5558553 FLOCK e FLOOR 2 F I G- 3 P GOALESCED ADHESIVE aacxme 1MATEFHAL ADHESIVE UNIT STRIPPEO FROM eacxme mvrznm.

e 9 r COALESCED mauve 7 AMSVE /8 f9 4 5 OBJECT TO BE 54 DEGORATED OBJECTH6 6 Ammo FIG. 7

' FLOOK WWMMHMWMHWMHMIJWM/T coALEscEo, ADHESIVE OBJECT FIG. 8 6"DECORATIVE PATTERN hesive was originally stencilled onto the base sheetin the shape desired, there obtained a flocked finish segment in thedecorative shape desired.

EXAMPLE H Larger, composite designs To form a larger, compositedecorative piece of flocked finish, a larger piece of silicone rubberbase is used. This base may be stencilled with adhesive over the shapeof the desired design, or it may be precut to the shape of the desireddesign. For simplicity in applying the adhesive, it is preferred to use,a piece of rubber cut in the desired shape, so that the entire piece maybe coated with the adhesive. On such a coated sheet, one or several oithe smaller pieces from Example I may be placed. The moist adhesive willsoften the backing film i on these smaller pieces sufiicientiy to allowthe adhesive films to coalesce, that on drying, the flocked designs fromExample I will be adhered to the larger adhesive film backing. -Whi1ethe adhesive is still moist. blue or other than red colored flock may beembedded in the adhesive. The piece isthen dried and the ent re designmay then be stripped from the base. There is thus obtained amulticolored, flock finished'design piece, in which the borderiinesbetween adjacent color areas are sharply defined.

These, examples illustrate the fundamentals of the invention. However,several variants will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.For instance, it is possible to form. a very strong flocked design pieceby incorporating a textile material in the adhesive. The textilematerial will reinforce and greatly strengthen the piece. providing flexstrength which is not ava lable in the adhesive sheet itself. It is alsopossible to use the silk screen process to lay out the adhesive areas onthe base rubber sheet, instead oi using a stencil, or a precut rubbersheet. A further variation in the basic process resides in the method ofcreating flock finished pieces by adhering flock to a base member, thencutting this base member to the desired shape. The decorative shape thusobtained may be combined with other flock, as heretofore disclosed, ormaybe used by itself.

Any suitable non-adherent base may be used rather than the siliconerubber of the examples, and most known types of adhesives are suitablefor use in the invention.

The decorative flocked surfaces disclosed in the above descriptionhave aplurality of obvious uses in decorating purses, toys, clothing, etc.Hay-=- ing thus described by invention, what .i claim is:

l. A method of forming coated objects charactorized by designs formed"from a plurality of patterns and. a plurality of portions and whereinthe boundaries between the adjacent portions of said patternsare-sharply defined. which comprises applying particulate matter to oneface of a solvent-moistened, adhesivecoated backing, drying the adhesivecoating and thereby ailixing the particulate matter to said backing, ep-

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2. The method of claim 1 wherein said dried first backing is embedded inthe adhesive coating on said second backing.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said first backing, after coating anddrying is cut out of a coated, dried blank of larger area.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said second back ng after coating withadhesive, positioning said first backing and drying, is cut out of ablack of larger area and then adhesively attached to a selected portionof a surface of another object.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said achesive coating when applied to asheet of backing material is of such thickness that when dried theadhesive coat ng with attached particulate material is a self-supportingfilm which may readily be stripped from said backing and wherein saidadhesive coating is stripped from said backing prior to aflixation to adifferent adhesive coated surface.

6. A method of forming coated objects characterized by designs formedfrom a plurality of patterns and a plurality of [portions] colors andwherein the boundaries between the adjacent iportions] colors of saidpatterns are sharply defined, which comprises applying coloredparticulate matter to one face of a solvent-moistened,

adhesive-coated backing, drying the adhesive coating and therebyaffixing the particulate matter to said backing, applying a similarsolventmoistened adhesive coating to one face of a secand backing,positioning said dried first backing over part of said coating on saidsecond backing, whereby the solvent from said coating moistens the saidfirst backing without moistening the particulate matter thereon,applying particulate matter of a difierent [properties] color on theadhesive-coated surface of said second backing and drying the adhesivecoating, thereby afiixing said particulate matter of different[properties] color to said second backing without modifying the[properties] color of the particulate matter on said first backing.

EDWARD CLAYTON SUMMERS.

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